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Hader, AnnRita Levis – 1983
Although much is being written about the sociological aspects of the battering syndrome, little has been done to investigate the personality characteristics of battered women. To investigate the personality characteristics which relate to the life styles of battered women, 60 women (30 battered women, 30 non-battered women), ranging in age from 19…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Individual Power, Life Style, Locus of Control
A Study of the Relation between Locus of Control and Risk Taking for Graduate Students in Education.
Gutierrez, Raymond Joseph – 1982
Previous research has stressed the role of both expectancies and reinforcement in the decision making process. In order to determine if the measure of externality and internality correlates with an association between willingness to risk and external/internal locus of control, and to determine the role of social learning in students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Decision Making, Educational Psychology
Download full textMarsh, Herbert W. – 1983
In a sample of 559 fifth-grade students, measures were collected to assess: (1) dimensions of self-attribution for causes of academic outcomes; (2) multiple dimensions of self-concept; and (3) academic achievements. The empirically-derived dimensions of academic self-attribution replicated and extended results of previous research, but failed to…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedEison, James A.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1986
Measures of general personality, study habits and attitudes, test anxiety, locus of control, and psychological types were used to provide a personal and educational characterization for students in each of the four different groups defined by LOGO II, a questionnaire designed to examine for grade orientation and learning orientation. (LMO)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Goal Orientation, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education
Theall, Michael; And Others – 1990
The nature and extent of variations in student attributions about performance in their courses were studied, and the relationships between the attributions and responses on certain items of a student ratings questionnaire were determined. Causal or predictive relationships among these variables were also investigated. Data were collected using:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, College Faculty, College Students
Chandler, Theodore A.; Spies, Carl J. – 1991
Beliefs about the causes of success and failure in academic achievement were compared for students in the United States and Israel. The following 11 attributions were placed randomly in a questionnaire format: (1) mood; (2) skill; (3) knowledge; (4) chance; (5) effort; (6) competence; (7) help; (8) ability; (9) task; (10) bias; and (11) luck. Each…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Analysis of Variance, Attribution Theory
